- Date
- August 7, 1985, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wasilla, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N29705Taylorcraft BC12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850807037069A
- Case key
- 4542
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The instructor initiated a simulated engine failure at 250 foot above the ground with no forced landing area in sight except of the lake behind them from which they had just departed. The student attempted a 180 degree turn back to the lake and the instructor stated the airplane stalled and crashed into the trees. A power recovery was attempted but insufficient altitude remained
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29705
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2551
- Engine
- Continental C-85-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom J. Peppel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1985
- Departed
- Wasilla, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 68 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N29705 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.